>>Let me throw this possiblity out there for you also....
>>
>>loWord = GETOBJECT("", "word.basic")
>>loWord.appshow()
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>>GeneS
>>
>Don't think this will work. When VFP shuts down all objects are released and word will shut down. Think to get this behavior you must do the RUN command.

Thats is what it seems should work but when I run this code and exit VFP, the Word that was started stays out there.

GeneS